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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Possibility of Evil".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business did Miss Strangeworth's grandfather run?
(a) A lumber mill.
(b) A tailor shop.
(c) A dairy farm.
(d) A shipping company.

2. Who was the first owner of the grocery store?
(a) Miss Strangeworth's father.
(b) Tommy Lewis.
(c) Tommy Lewis's father.
(d) Tommy Lewis's grandfather.

3. When Linda and Dave are seen together after school, they look "bleak" (422). How do they look?
(a) Confused.
(b) Hopeless.
(c) Angry.
(d) Cold.

4. When Miss Strangeworth discovers how much trouble she has caused for Linda and Dave, what does she think about it?
(a) She thinks about how even in a small town, there are many evil people.
(b) She feels guilty and ashamed.
(c) She is delighted to know how much pain she has caused.
(d) She wonders if it can really be true that her letter has had such serious consequences.

5. Why does Linda Stewart refuse to tell Dave Harris what was in the letter to her parents?
(a) She knows that he will become very angry if she tells him what is being said about him.
(b) She is embarrassed and horrified about what it said.
(c) She is afraid that Dave will end their relationship if he knows the truth.
(d) She is worried that part of the letter might be true.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Linda says "Catch old lady Strangeworth sending anybody a check," (427), what is she implying?

2. Miss Strangeworth thinks about the Cranes "indulgently" (421). How does she think about them?

3. Miss Strangeworth thinks that children mocking her would be "reprehensible" (426). What would their mocking be, in her opinion?

4. What do people in town assume it means when someone writes on blue paper?

5. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?

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